Combat

Fable 2 Guide - Combat

Combat is brilliantly simple in Fable 2. For a start, you cannot die – something which will instantly cause some gamers to raise their eyebrows at the difficulty factor. While it makes the game impossible to fail at, repeatedly dying is not fun for anyone and you also receive a scar for each time your health metre hits zero. You are then knocked down and have to wait a few seconds before jumping up again and sending a brief shockwave at your enemies. You can purchase and find various potions with which to regain your health, as well as items of food which either make you fatter or thinner, depending on the item (though the non-fatty ones are not as effective at restoring your health bar).

Combat is all performed with X, Y and B. X initiates melee attacks and Y ranged ones. B allows for Will (magic) attacks. Holding each button down does different types of attacks. Though at the start of the game you will only be able to perform basic moves, with each successful blow on an enemy experience orbs are released. Holding RT sucks these in and allows you to unlock different combos, flourishes and attack styles. In terms of Will attacks it is recommended that you focus on getting Inferno as high as possible at the start of the game. This deals with many of the trickier enemies early on, though any high-level (3 or higher) Will attack should be pretty effective. Others worth investing in early include Raise Dead, which brings a horde of friendly spirits to take all the fire away from you; Time Control slows the speed of the game down while allowing you to pummel enemies at full speed too. Later on you can aim to boost all the spells.